Malundo Kudiqueba
I am pleased to finally hear an experienced voice like that of Graça Campos publicly criticising Correio da Kianda for spreading false news about Adalberto da Costa Júnior. This is not just criticism — it is a scream of sanity in a desert where lies make headlines and complicit silence is the rule. When a senior journalist decides to point the finger at her own peers, I — who have long denounced the moral and professional decay of much of Angola’s media — feel, once again, vindicated.
Yes, I have been critical of the behaviour and performance of Angolan journalists. And I will say it again: many of them don’t inform — they manipulate; they don’t investigate — they speculate; they don’t serve the people — they serve power. The media has become a propaganda machine, with some professionals trading ethics for a salary and truth for convenience.
But hearing Graça Campos speak — without fear, without euphemisms, without any urge to please the regime — was a breath of hope.
The second point worth highlighting is David Boio’s performance on the same programme. At a moment when the MPLA found itself cornered, with Adão de Almeida trying to explain the inexplicable, justify the unjustifiable, and defend the indefensible, it was Adalberto da Costa Júnior who, through an unexpected move, saved the President of the Republic from political suffocation by requesting a meeting that felt more like an act of institutional rescue than a tactical move by the opposition.
David Boio was brilliant. Without hesitation, he questioned the timing of that meeting as if to ask: “Was the UNITA leader naïve or complicit?” The question lingered in the air, but the impact was direct. In a country where the political elite plays a game of shadows, Boio lit a flame — and for that, I give him 17 out of 20. Well deserved.
This episode shows that not all is lost. When journalists start questioning journalists, when political analysts drop the flattery and highlight obvious contradictions, when people refuse to play along with the national farce… there is hope.
But be warned: democracy does not survive with kneeling journalists. Nor with opposition parties that confuse dialogue with surrender. Journalism that serves must be brave. Politics that serves must have a spine. And an awakened people must have a voice.
Let us be that voice.
Birmingham, 17 May 2025
Malundo Kudiqueba
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